Members of a South Texas community that has served as the hub of Elon Musk’s rocket launch company, SpaceX, voted Saturday to formally establish a new city called Starbase, fulfilling one of Musk’s long-held dreams.

At the time the polls closed at 7 p.m., 173 out of 177 votes were in favor of incorporating the city of Starbase, according to Cameron County, which administered the vote.

There are 283 eligible voters, said Remi Garza, the elections administrator for the county. About 40 votes were left to be counted, Garza said, but the early vote tally was “well past” the majority requirement need to approve the incorporation.

The community, known to locals as Boca Chica, covers about 1.5 square miles on a spit of land that brushes up against the Mexican border. SpaceX broke ground in the area in 2014, and it has since become the company’s central hub and launch site, as well as home to hundreds of its employees.

— The New York Times